---identifier: "/us/cfr/t17/s38.255"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "17 CFR § 38.255 - Risk controls for trading."title_number: 17title_name: "Commodity and Securities Exchanges"section_number: "38.255"section_name: "Risk controls for trading."chapter_name: "COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION"part_number: "38"part_name: "DESIGNATED CONTRACT MARKETS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-04-05"last_updated: "2026-04-05"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 7, 7a-2, 7b, 7b-1, 7b-3, 8, 9, 15, and 21, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376."regulatory_source: "66 FR 42277, Aug. 10, 2001, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "38"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t17/s38.255
Currency
2026-04-05
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-04-05
Chapter
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Authority
7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 7, 7a-2, 7b, 7b-1, 7b-3, 8, 9, 15, and 21, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-2... 7 U.S.C. 1a, 2, 6, 6a, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6i, 6j, 6k, 6l, 6m, 6n, 7, 7a-2, 7b, 7b-1, 7b-3, 8, 9, 15, and 21, as amended by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, Pub. L. 111-203, 124 Stat. 1376.
# 38.255 Risk controls for trading.The designated contract market must establish and maintain risk control mechanisms to prevent and reduce the potential risk of price distortions and market disruptions, including, but not limited to, market restrictions that pause or halt trading in market conditions prescribed by the designated contract market.